Machine for aerating liquids.



No. 664,!50. Patented Dec. l8, i900.

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MACHINE" FUR AERATING LIQUIDS.-

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I WILLIAM HILL, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

MACHINE FOR AERATING LIQUIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. dated December 1 1900;

Application filed July 23, 1900.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HILL, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at 29 Josephine avenue, Brixton, London, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Aerating Liquids, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for aerating liquids and to that class of such machines adapted to be operated by hand, the object of my invention being to simplify the construction of such machines and facilitate their operation.

According to my invention I providea mixing-chamber mounted upon a frame or lever capable of being oscillated or otherwise shaken for mixing the contents and adapted to be connected with a water-supply (so that it will fill by gravity or pressure) and with a gas-reservoir by flexible tubes which will not interfere with the shaking of the mixing vessel. Between the water or other liquid supply and the mixing chamber or vessel I advantageously arrange an intermediate chamber, preferably so combined with cocks that it can be placed in communication with the water-supply or with the mixing-chamber. The inlet for the gas into the mixing-chamber is provided with a valve which while water is in the mixing-chamber will remain closed, but which will open to allow the gas to pass when the water has escaped. The said mixing-chamber is also arranged, in conjunction with a filling-cock or other suitable means attached to the intermediate chamber, to allow the aerated liquid from the mixing-cham ber to be introduced into bottles, siphons, or other vessels.

To enable the invention to be fully understood, I will describe it by reference to the accompanying drawing, which shows the improved machine in side elevation.

at is the main frame of the machine, and b is the gas-cylinder, which is suitably held therein.

cis the mixing-chamber,which is connected to the gas-cylinder b by means of the flexible pipe 0, and d is the holder for the bottle 6, both mixing-chamber c and holder d being mounted upon the frame or lever f, which is pivoted at f to the main frame a, so that it can be oscillated in a vertical plane.

Serial No. 24,562. (No model.)

9 is the flexible water-inlet tube;

h is the intermediate chamber, the said chamber being fitted between the mixingchamber 0 and the water-inlet g.

dis a cock which is provided with a snift and which controls the supply of water to the intermediate chamber h. This cock is shown connected to the chamber h at the bottom; but it will be obvious that it can be connected thereto at the top. j is a cock which controls the communication between the said intermediate chamber h and the mixing-chamber o, and k is the filling-cock which controls the communication of the intermediate chamber 71 with the bottle (2.

The joint 0 by means of which the flexible pipe 0 is connected to the neck of the mixing-chamber c, is provided with a lip and a suitable check-valve through which the gas from the cylinder 1) can flow into the said chamber, but which is automatically closed when the mixing-chamber is filled with water.

The operation of the apparatus is as followsthat is to say, the cocksj and it being closed and the mixing-chamber 0 being full of the carbonic-acid or other gas from the cylinder b the cockvl is opened and water flows through the flexible pipe 9 into the intermediate chamber h, the capacity of which is preferably equal to that of the bottle or vessel to be filled. The cock'iis now closed and the cockj opened, after which the lever f is manipulated so as to invert the apparatus and allow the water contained in the intermediate chamber h to flow into the mixingchamber 0, which is then shaken by means of the oscillating frame or lever f until the water and gas have been thoroughly mixed. The apparatus is now returned to the position indicated in the drawing and the aerated liquid runs into the intermediate chamber h. The cockj is thereafter closed and the cook it opened, whereupon the aerated liquid is filled into the bottle or Vessel, which is removed in the usual way,-after which the cook it is closed and the process recommenced.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that What I claim is 1. In a machine for aerating liquids, the combination with an oscillatory frame, of a mixing-chamber mounted thereon, a gas'supply for said mixing-chamber, an intermediate chamber mounted 011 said frame and communicating with said mixing-chamber, a liquid-supply for said intermediate chamber, a bottle-holder mounled on said frame and having a part communicating With the intermediate chamber whereby the liquid to be aerated can be admitted to the intermediate chamber, the frame inverted and oscillated to eifect a mixture of the gas and liquid and the aerated liquid can be discharged into a bottle, substantially as described.

2. In a machine for aerating liquids, the combination with an oscillating frame, of a mixing-chamber mounted thereon, a gas-supstantially as described.

WILLIAM HILL.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. BoUsFIELD, O. G. REDFERN. 

